This essay is about how we became
self aware, and how that awareness follows us--or doesn't--today in
our modern lives.

You will find that I
unapologetically reference our evolutionary past and encourage you to check out the
film by Werner Hertzog, "Cave
of Forgotten Dreams" I have it on DVD and I'm always
taken back as if to that time thousands of years ago as modern
humans awoke to culture and myth.

I encourage you to read some old
existential material and something new as well: